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1763 Marriage / Partner Agathe CHEVALIER and Joseph-Valérien CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE 6 June 1763, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.
1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
1779 Birth of Child Hippolyte CHAPDELAINE dit VALERIEN was born 25 May 1779, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)
Agathe
CHEVALIER
Joseph-Valérien CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE
1763 Marriage / Partner
1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.
1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
1779 Birth of Child
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)
1813 Death of Spouse/Partner
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